Free disk space for disk caching for Caching Proxy: Depends on the size and number of files that users retrieve from Web servers. Larger caches generally have higher cache access rates. Suggested minimum values are the same as for memory caching.

Free disk space for paging for Caching Proxy: A minimum of twice the amount of RAM.

For Caching Proxy, LC__FASTMSG environment variable: If you are running the Caching Proxy in a non-English language environment, edit the /etc/environment file to set the LC__FASTMSG environment variable to the value false. (Note the two underscores in the name.)

CD-ROM drive

Ethernet Network Interface Card. The implementation of mulit-port NICs vary from vendor to vendor and suppot for some multi-port NICs may be limited. Fault Tolerance (Mode 2) and port aggregation (Mode 3) are unsupported.

For Load Balancer Cisco CSS Controller Component, you must have an installed and configured Cisco CSS 11000 series content services switchwith MIB level 7.3 or earlier

For Load Balancer Nortel Alteon Controller Component, you must have an installed and configured Nortel Alteon Web Switch. The Web switch hardware platforms are AD3, AD4, 180e, 184, and the layer 4/7 blade for the Passport 8600. Web OS version 9 or 10 is the supported software for the Nortel Alteon Web Switch family

For Caching Proxy, the cryptographic hardware card Rainbow CryptoSwift Accelerator can be used.

Dynamic caching is supported only in conjunction with WebSphere Application Server versions 4, 5, and 6 and Caching Proxy

Free disk space for disk caching for Caching Proxy: Depends on the size and number of files that users retrieve from Web servers. Larger caches generally have higher cache access rates. Suggested minimum values are the same as for memory caching.

Free disk space for paging for Caching Proxy: A minimum of twice the amount of RAM.

Ethernet Network Interface Card. The implementation of mulit-port NICs vary from vendor to vendor and suppot for some multi-port NICs may be limited. Fault Tolerance (Mode 2) and port aggregation (Mode 3) are unsupported.

For Load Balancer Cisco CSS Controller Component, you must have an installed and configured Cisco CSS 11000 series content services switchwith MIB level 7.3 or earlier

For Nortel Alteon Controller, you must have an installed and configured Nortel Alteon Web Switch. The Web switch hardware platforms are AD3, AD4, 180e, 184, and the layer 4/7 blade for the Passport 8600. Web OS version 9 or 10 is the supported software for the Nortel Alteon Web Switch family

For Caching Proxy, the cryptographic hardware card Rainbow CryptoSwift Accelerator can be used.

Dynamic caching is supported only in conjunction with WebSphere Application Server versions 4, 5, and 6 and Caching Proxy

Ethernet Network Interface Card. The implementation of mulit-port NICs vary from vendor to vendor and suppot for some multi-port NICs may be limited. Fault Tolerance (Mode 2) and port aggregation (Mode 3) are unsupported.

For Load Balancer Cisco CSS Controller Component, you must have an installed and configured Cisco CSS 11000 series content services switchwith MIB level 7.3 or earlier

For Nortel Alteon Controller, you must have an installed and configured Nortel Alteon Web Switch. The Web switch hardware platforms are AD3, AD4, 180e, 184, and the layer 4/7 blade for the Passport 8600. Web OS version 9 or 10 is the supported software for the Nortel Alteon Web Switch family

For Linux on x86 (32-bit WebSphere Edge Components):

Intel Pentium

Minimum 128 MB free disk space for installation of Load Balancer

Minimum 50 MB free disk space for installation of Caching Proxy

Free disk space for disk caching for Caching Proxy: Depends on the size and number of files that users retrieve from Web servers. Larger caches generally have higher cache access rates. Suggested minimum values are the same as for memory caching.

Free disk space for paging for Caching Proxy: A minimum of twice the amount of RAM.

Ethernet Network Interface Card. The implementation of mulit-port NICs vary from vendor to vendor and suppot for some multi-port NICs may be limited. Fault Tolerance (Mode 2) and port aggregation (Mode 3) are unsupported.

For Load Balancer Cisco CSS Controller Component, you must have an installed and configured Cisco CSS 11000 series content services switchwith MIB level 7.3 or earlier

For Nortel Alteon Controller, you must have an installed and configured Nortel Alteon Web Switch. The Web switch hardware platforms are AD3, AD4, 180e, 184, and the layer 4/7 blade for the Passport 8600. Web OS version 9 or 10 is the supported software for the Nortel Alteon Web Switch family

For Caching Proxy, the cryptographic hardware card Rainbow CryptoSwift Accelerator can be used.

Dynamic caching is supported only in conjunction with WebSphere Application Server versions 4, 5, and 6 and Caching Proxy

Ethernet Network Interface Card. The implementation of mulit-port NICs vary from vendor to vendor and suppot for some multi-port NICs may be limited. Fault Tolerance (Mode 2) and port aggregation (Mode 3) are unsupported.

For Load Balancer Cisco CSS Controller Component, you must have an installed and configured Cisco CSS 11000 series content services switchwith MIB level 7.3 or earlier

For Nortel Alteon Controller, you must have an installed and configured Nortel Alteon Web Switch. The Web switch hardware platforms are AD3, AD4, 180e, 184, and the layer 4/7 blade for the Passport 8600. Web OS version 9 or 10 is the supported software for the Nortel Alteon Web Switch family

For Linux on zSeries (31-bit WebSphere Edge Components):

zSeries processors (31-bit kernel support)

Minimum 128 MB free disk space for installation of Load Balancer

Minimum 50 MB free disk space for installation of Caching Proxy

Free disk space for disk caching for Caching Proxy: Depends on the size and number of files that users retrieve from Web servers. Larger caches generally have higher cache access rates. Suggested minimum values are the same as for memory caching.

Free disk space for paging for Caching Proxy: A minimum of twice the amount of RAM.

Ethernet Network Interface Card. The implementation of mulit-port NICs vary from vendor to vendor and suppot for some multi-port NICs may be limited. Fault Tolerance (Mode 2) and port aggregation (Mode 3) are unsupported.

For Load Balancer Cisco CSS Controller Component, you must have an installed and configured Cisco CSS 11000 series content services switchwith MIB level 7.3 or earlier

For Nortel Alteon Controller, you must have an installed and configured Nortel Alteon Web Switch. The Web switch hardware platforms are AD3, AD4, 180e, 184, and the layer 4/7 blade for the Passport 8600. Web OS version 9 or 10 is the supported software for the Nortel Alteon Web Switch family

For Caching Proxy, the cryptographic hardware card Rainbow CryptoSwift Accelerator can be used.

Dynamic caching is supported only in conjunction with WebSphere Application Server versions 4, 5, and 6 and Caching Proxy

Free disk space for disk caching for Caching Proxy: Depends on the size and number of files that users retrieve from Web servers. Larger caches generally have higher cache access rates. Suggested minimum values are the same as for memory caching.

Free disk space for paging for Caching Proxy: A minimum of twice the amount of RAM.

Ethernet Network Interface Card. The implementation of mulit-port NICs vary from vendor to vendor and suppot for some multi-port NICs may be limited. Fault Tolerance (Mode 2) and port aggregation (Mode 3) are unsupported.

For Load Balancer Cisco CSS Controller Component, you must have an installed and configured Cisco CSS 11000 series content services switchwith MIB level 7.3 or earlier

For Nortel Alteon Controller, you must have an installed and configured Nortel Alteon Web Switch. The Web switch hardware platforms are AD3, AD4, 180e, 184, and the layer 4/7 blade for the Passport 8600. Web OS version 9 or 10 is the supported software for the Nortel Alteon Web Switch family

For Caching Proxy, the cryptographic hardware card Rainbow CryptoSwift Accelerator can be used.

Dynamic caching is supported only in conjunction with WebSphere Application Server versions 4, 5, and 6 and Caching Proxy

Free disk space for disk caching for Caching Proxy: Depends on the size and number of files that users retrieve from Web servers. Larger caches generally have higher cache access rates. Suggested minimum values are the same as for memory caching.

Free disk space for paging for Caching Proxy: A minimum of twice the amount of RAM.

Ethernet Network Interface Card. The implementation of mulit-port NICs vary from vendor to vendor and suppot for some multi-port NICs may be limited. Fault Tolerance (Mode 2) and port aggregation (Mode 3) are unsupported.

For Load Balancer Cisco CSS Controller Component, you must have an installed and configured Cisco CSS 11000 series content services switchwith MIB level 7.3 or earlier

For Nortel Alteon Controller, you must have an installed and configured Nortel Alteon Web Switch. The Web switch hardware platforms are AD3, AD4, 180e, 184, and the layer 4/7 blade for the Passport 8600. Web OS version 9 or 10 is the supported software for the Nortel Alteon Web Switch family

For Caching Proxy, the cryptographic hardware card Rainbow CryptoSwift Accelerator can be used.

Dynamic caching is supported only in conjunction with WebSphere Application Server versions 4, 5, and 6 and Caching Proxy

For Windows 2000 and 2003 (32-bit WebSphere Edge Components):

Intel x86 Processor

Minimum 128 MB free disk space for installation of Load Balancer

Minimum 50 MB free disk space for installation of Caching Proxy

Free disk space for disk caching for Caching Proxy: Depends on the size and number of files that users retrieve from Web servers. Larger caches generally have higher cache access rates. Suggested minimum values are the same as for memory caching.

Free disk space for paging for Caching Proxy: A minimum of twice the amount of RAM.

Ethernet Network Interface Card. The implementation of mulit-port NICs vary from vendor to vendor and suppot for some multi-port NICs may be limited. Fault Tolerance (Mode 2) and port aggregation (Mode 3) are unsupported.

For Load Balancer Cisco CSS Controller Component, you must have an installed and configured Cisco CSS 11000 series content services switchwith MIB level 7.3 or earlier

For Nortel Alteon Controller, you must have an installed and configured Nortel Alteon Web Switch. The Web switch hardware platforms are AD3, AD4, 180e, 184, and the layer 4/7 blade for the Passport 8600. Web OS version 9 or 10 is the supported software for the Nortel Alteon Web Switch family

For Caching Proxy, the cryptographic hardware card Rainbow CryptoSwift Accelerator can be used.

Dynamic caching is supported only in conjunction with WebSphere Application Server versions 4, 5, and 6 and Caching Proxy

Ethernet Network Interface Card. The implementation of mulit-port NICs vary from vendor to vendor and suppot for some multi-port NICs may be limited. Fault Tolerance (Mode 2) and port aggregation (Mode 3) are unsupported.

For Load Balancer Cisco CSS Controller Component, you must have an installed and configured Cisco CSS 11000 series content services switchwith MIB level 7.3 or earlier

For Nortel Alteon Controller, you must have an installed and configured Nortel Alteon Web Switch. The Web switch hardware platforms are AD3, AD4, 180e, 184, and the layer 4/7 blade for the Passport 8600. Web OS version 9 or 10 is the supported software for the Nortel Alteon Web Switch family